“I assume the polls are accurate, but you can’t ever be too sure,” Runyon said. “But I think the polls are probably representative of the people.”

Snyder said his campaign was digging in for a strong finish. After busing through Southwest Michigan on Monday, he is scheduled to return to west side of the state next Monday with a visit to Holland.

Bernero on Monday met at a bank branch at Detroit’s Renaissance Center with homeowners unhappy with lenders who failed to take the proper steps before threatening foreclosure.

Federal banking regulators are checking to see if mortgage companies cut corners on their own procedures when they moved to foreclose on homes, and Bernero said foreclosures should be frozen until an investigation is complete.

The Lansing mayor is encouraging homeowners to send letters to their lenders requesting a copy of their mortgage note and demanding that their banks stop foreclosures in Michigan until they can tell the owner of every home in their loan portfolios who owns that loan.

“Michigan homeowners can’t rely on Wall Street banks to follow basic rules,” Bernero said in a release. “They must be held accountable.”